M17/M18 - Gort to Tuam [open to traffic]

Rathmorrissy beams now in place on the underpass on the northern side where the m17 start's 13/04/16

The underpass at rathmorrissy 15/04/16

m17 wrote: »

M17 gets its first layer of tarmac 15/04/16

Great to see, really puts the perspective of how slow they are down south of the M6

It's well deserved, M17! You have created a very valuable record of construction right from day one that we can all look back on some day and say
'I remember when all this was just fields and here's the pictures to prove it'.
And the kids will say...
God, old people are so annoying...!!!!

spacetweek wrote: »

You're doing all my work for me!

I'll send you the bill later

The 4th flyover over the m17, at annagh hill will open this week

m17 wrote: »

They will have to change that sign because all the other signs around annagh hill are green, once the m17 Open's the n63 will go as far as galway

I'm not necessarily sure that that will be the case, because the N73 ends where it meets the M8 outside Mitchelstown. Same with the N52 outside Nenagh. It it was a set-up like the N77 in Durrow, I could understand not de-trunking it, but given that terminating the N63 will not cause a counter-intuitive route like the N77 would had it been routed towards Cullahill rather than Portlaoise. If any national route will be extended because of this, it will probably be the N67 to the old Airport.

I suppose that my point was that it would be difficult to justify routing the N63 through Claregalway since it would directly connected with a motorway junction (unlike the N67 and N77) and precedent suggests that if a secondary route terminates (as opposed to crossing it en route) at a motorway, then the bypassed section of that road will also be detrunked.

Part two

And finally part 4

The townlands of ballybanagher,mahangh,cloonkeen get there first layer of tarmac they have layed 1.5kms over the last 2 days pic1 looking towards rathmorrissy the rest towards tuam 20/04/16

Direct route have there new newsletter nice to see a update on the rathmorissy interchange that pic was taken last monthhttp://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/newsletter.aspx

Great shoots of kilternan,rathmorrissy and coldwood on http://www.directroutegorttotuam.ie/gallery.aspxthe roundabout at rathmorrissy is starting to take shape

Bridge over the grange river is now complete

The flyover at coldwood will open on the 20/05/16

The new annagh hill road layout that will open on Wednesday 27/04/16

Carnacalla wrote: »

So, Progress report! How's it going?

Thing's are moving along nicely,tuam bypass a bit slow cloonkeen south to annagh hill going at a rapid pace 6kms of tarmac now layed,flyover opening at annagh hill tomorrow which will be the 4th over the m17, not to bad when you get to rathmorrissy things are really taking shape,they have started work on the first flyover after rathmorrissy in the m18, good progress as far as kilternan which will open in July the last 6kms before gort it's like the forgot to come back after the christmas hols

m17 wrote: »

Thing's are moving along nicely,tuam bypass a bit slow cloonkeen south to annagh hill going at a rapid pace 6kms of tarmac now layed,flyover opening at annagh hill tomorrow which will be the 4th over the m17, not to bad when you get to rathmorrissy things are really taking shape,they have started work on the first flyover after rathmorrissy in the m18, good progress as far as kilternan which will open in July the last 6kms before gort it's like the forgot to come back after the christmas hols

Thanks for all the updates M17. Is it fair to say that the tie-ins at the ends of each new scheme are always left until last? Great progress. I might have to revise my completion estimate backwards from August Bank holiday weekend 2017